“what? men don’t hate female leads! most guys love (franchises where the female lead is white and conventionally attractive)!”

discussion on whether it actually works or not aside, i thought we’ve kinda agreed that ethically its wrong to treat neurodivergence as a disease to be cured. it’s a cool scientific innovation, if only in mice, but i’m hoping that the chinese state and party spend more time deliberating the ethical question of this technology.

squad allows you to play as local insurgent militias against the US or UK in a very tactical setting with a huge map. you can strap IEDs to vehicles and do all sorts of cool stuff. the game also allows you to play as the PLA and PLA marines sometimes, which is also super cool.

the same “beloved” himars that was used to kill several civilians in donetsk?

oh my bad, this is what i was thinking of and it was iran, thanks

china. wasn’t there a war game simulation run by the US military against hypothetical chinese military where they literally had to change the rules because the US kept losing or something?

just more evidence of all those tankies in the pentagon

yes because the last time free market privatization was introduced in large amounts in eastern europe, it turned out great and now the post soviet countries are all free market utopias!!

While Xi Jinping likely spends little time reading Marx’s “Grundrisse” or debating the labor theory of value with his comrades

this is such a stupid mischaracterization. xi literally has a doctorate in marxism from tsinghua university, he’s definitely read more of marx than the author of this bullshit. this whole thing reeks of having zero understanding of marxism or leninism.

i know there’s kinda a meme around it but psilocybin mushrooms genuinely changed the way i see myself and those around me. i’ve only done “heavier” doses at more pivotal moments in my life and in those moments i have been able to navigate a lot of difficult stuff with their guidance.

tough breakups, depressive and anxious episodes, these are things i would normally struggle with navigating but the kind of paradigm shift that comes with psychs has helped show me the errors in my ways or what i should do more of. recently i’ve been a lot more sociable than i ever have been in my entire life and i think a part of that is because of a trip i had earlier this year. in my journey of exploring gender expression as well, they have helped me realize i can be as masculine as i want while still identifying as a woman. they are an incredibly effective introspective and self-analysis tool and i really can’t underestimate how much they’ve benefitted me personally.

also, tripping and thinking about marxism has shown me more of the inherent flaws of capitalism and sometimes has given me optimism for socialism in the future.

if you think the imperialist western countries push for ACTUAL lgbtq+ equality/rights, you’re mistaken. western/nato countries are either very outwardly queerphobic (united states, united kingdom, poland, etc) or push for liberal, harmless versions of it (most of western/northern europe) that doesn’t actually address social discrimination and oppression under capitalism, its just a pinkwashed facade. true queer equality is only possible through socialism, so why would the imperialist nations actually support it?

To do this, the Chancellor called for the restructuring of the economy towards climate neutrality

oh yeah, i’m sure more tanks sent to ukraine will definitely be beneficial for the climate. maybe they’ll fire some eco-friendly depleted uranium rounds too.

the american FCC no longer enforces net neutrality, so yes in the US ISPs are free to do it. there was a bill being planned by the democrats to bring it back, but we all know how efficient the democrats are at passing things that aren’t military related lmao

net neutrality is the concept that an ISP must offer the same services (like connection speed) to ALL sites. for example, with net neutrality you can’t be charged differently for using whatsapp or instagram than you would discord or something. without it, ISPs are able to charge you different plans for using specific services, like where you can subscribe to having access to some TV channels but have to get a different plan for others. i think the marxist opinion would be that it is necessary, an open internet where everyone can access everything is a good thing for marxists and all people. the anti-net neutrality position is literally just capitalist bootlicking about “but the profits!!!”

liberals already scrambling to their stations to switch the narrative to why “proficiency tests” for participation in the state is actually a good thing and there definitely is not a historical precedent of those being used for ill purposes.

completely hollow statement, saying whatever at this point to keep the NATO defense dollars rolling his way

primarily, it’s niche is basically being biomass to be eaten by other animals

probably also the jealousy that xi has done infinitely good more for china than biden has ever done for america and anyone outside the capitalist class

very hot for a while, but today was suddenly very chilly and had some storms. and then it went back to heat.